22 Dec 2024
UK and Scottish Ministers have presented reports to the two Parliaments setting out progress and information on the Marine Protected Area network for Scotland, and English waters (inshore and offshore) and Northern Ireland offshore waters. This is a requirement under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 and Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (MCAA). Key facts […]
22 Dec 2024
EU countries have updated their goals for the deployment of offshore renewable energy up to 2050 in each of the EU’s 5 sea basins, with intermediate objectives to be achieved by 2030 and 2040. At an online meeting of the Directors-General of the Ministries of Energy in the respective countries today, non-binding agreements were reached […]
22 Dec 2024
New research published in Science Advances reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years — almost twice as long as previously understood. This made them the second-longest lived mammals on Earth, after bowhead whales which could live beyond two centuries. The study examined four decades of data collected by photo identification programs tracking individual […]
20 Dec 2024
We are excited to announce the shortlisted nominees for this year’s OCF Bob Earll Award for ‘Early career impact on ocean and coastal management’. We received numerous high-calibre nominations which have been whittled down to a shortlist of six early-career award finalists: Athena Allen; Danielle Clifford; Ffion Mitchell-Langford; Daniel Morris; Hannah Rudd; and Konstancja Wozniacka. […]
19 Dec 2024
Ofwat has approved £104 billion of investment by water companies in England and Wales over the next five years. The level of the final determinations is close to the £105 billion the industry initially requested, and far more than the £88 billion Ofwat proposed in its draft determination. Photo credit: Alaur Rahman Key […]
19 Dec 2024
The Water (Special Measures) Bill was debated in the House of Commons on Monday evening at second reading stage. There is general cross-party support for the Bill, and MPs expressed anger over pollution, investment, dividends and lots more. There was also quite a lot of criticism for Ofwat. You can read the debate here and […]
19 Dec 2024
The Environment Agency has published an update of the National assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England. Photo credit: Environment Agency This assessment provides a picture of current and future flood and coastal erosion risk across England. It suggests that the total number of properties in areas at risk of flooding from […]
19 Dec 2024
The Environment Agency is seeking views on updates to the guideline that water companies in England must follow when they prepare and publish their drought plans by 2027. The Agency has updated the guideline to ensure that all technical information is up to date and lessons learnt from recent research and experience of drought has […]
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